Improvement in ring-spinning frames



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WELCOME JENOKES, OF MANCHESTER', NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 39,657, dated August 25, 1863.

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, WELCOME JENoKEs, of Manchester, in the county ot Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Ring- Spinning Frame; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-'- Figure l` is a iront view of a portion ofthe ring-rail of a ring-spinning frame, illustrating my improvement. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both gures.

In all ring-spinning frames heretofore constructed, as far as known to me, the rings hive been fitted snugly into openings provided for them in the ringrail without any provision for adjusting them in the said rail. Ilhe said rail is held in place by lifting-rods, which work up and down in stationary guides provided for them in the frame, and as these rods and guides wear the rings become eccen tric to the spindles and cause great irregularity in the draft ofthe yarns in every revolution ofthe travelers and spindles and make imperfect work.

The object of my invention is to provide for the adjustment ofthe several rings in the rail separately, to set them concentric with their respective spindles; and to this end it consists in making the openings provided in the ringrail for the reception of the rings larger than the exteriors ofthe portions of the rings which are received within them, and in the employment of adjustingscrews screwing into the rail from the inner and outer sides thereof and into the said holes, to adjust and hold theY said rings therein.

To enable others skilled in the art to apply my invention, I will proceed to describe 1t with reference to the drawings.

A is the rail, and B B the rings. The rings B B are of the usual construction. et a are the holes in the rail for the reception of the rings, about oueeighth of an inch larger in diameter than the exteriors of the portions ot' the rings which are received within them.v b b are the adjusting-screws, ot which ll propose to use three for each ring, as a perfect adjustment cannot well be obtained with a less number. These screws are inserted from the'sides ofthe rail opposite to each ring, two from one side and one from the other, into tapped holes` provided in the rail for their reception, and are arranged radial to the axes of their respective holes, and as nearly as practicable .at equal distances apart around each hole, and are screwed tightly enough against the rings to hold them in place. When a ring requires adjustment, one or more ot'its respective screws are screwed outward and the other or others screwed inward till the ring is brought concentric with its spindle, adjusted independently of the rest.

What I claim as ,my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Providing for the adjustment of the rings in the rail of a ring-spinning frame by making the holes in therail for the reception of the said rings larger than the exteriors ofthe portions of the rings which are received within them and applyingadjusting-screws, in combination with the holes and rings, substantially as and for the purpose herein specied.

VVELOOME JENCKES.

Witnesses:

WM. L. KILLEY, THos. S. SERGENT.

each ring being thus 

